Boxoffice-March.04.1950

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PITTSBURGH
door theatres' concessions will be serviced
during the new season. Theatre Candy-Showe
Confections suffered a staggering loss when
the former Fifth avenue warehouse was destroyed
by fire several weeks ago . . . Warner
this in Daily Independent: burg is formerly at the Francis hospital here an hour after he was
Notice! by Ralph Pew, former
ment with L. Jannotta
recently to the Eagle Lion managerial post
here, on the death of his mother Anna operation which followed his auto accident
Zomnir.
last fall.
^^hile exhibiting "Dear Wife" at the Manos
ixrilliam A. Casteliini, 50, Cincinnati, former
in Monessen, Ken Woodward, manager, circuit's new manager at the State in Wilkins-
United Artists representative, died in St.
inserted
"Important
ad the Bob O'Malley, New
Through special
& Sons,
arrange-
merchant
Oakland,
assistant
now
at
managed
the Etna.
stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage while
lunching with Samuel T. Wilson, theatre editor
of the Dispatch, and other guests at
tailors near the theatre, any buttons lost because
of the hefty laughs in 'Dear Wife'
Blatt Bros' circuit's new Filmrow office
will
Marzetti's restaurant. At the time of his
be sewed on absolutely free of charge" girl is Sarah Louise Desmond of Oakmont.
. death Casteliini was vice-president of the
Bill Basle designated honor nights during She is assistant to Mrs. Isabella M. Hoskin. Dinerman Co., Cincinnati adverti-sing and
the week's engagement of "When Willie
bookkeeper . . . Harry E. Finley, Johnstown
public relations firm. He is survived by his
Comes Marching Home" at the Basle
theatre executive, is an active commercial
in
wife. Ruth McGregor Casteliini. a son, two
Washington. Pa. In addition to service
division leader in
organizations,
honor nights were designated Cross drive . . , Louis Prima and his orchestra
the Cambria county Red daughters, his mother and four brothers.
for air raid wardens. Red Cross workers, presented a radio show on stage at the Columbia
in Sharon February 24 and at the in advance of "Samson and Delilah," which
Douglas Taussig, Paramount, was in town
etc.
at Altoona presented Mercy Ray
and her Mountain Serenaders on the stage. Latonia in Oil City February 28 . . . Sympathy
to John Zorrmir, who was promoted Kessler. manager of Loew's Ohio, has had
opens at Loew's Broad March 8 . . . Walter
his cast removed and is recovering from the
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Beedle, Canonsburg,
are
weeks
vacationing near Orlando. Fla.. for six
Every first-day patron of "Dancing
. . .
in the Dark" at the Fulton here was handed
a $10 gift certificate acceptable at the Fred
Astaire dance Joe and Steve
studio . . .
Yantus of the Rex at Hollsopple and the
Co-Op at Schellsburg came into Filmrow on
anniversary, not
that February 22 is a labor holiday
and only the supply houses are open on
Washington's
knowing
birthday
that date, which
Wednesday.
happened also to be Ash
The Warner Theatre is running "Samson
and Delilah" continuously at 70 cents from
opening to 1 p. m.: 90 to 6, and $1.25 from
then to closing; children 35 cents at all times,
all prices including taxes . . . Theatre Candy
Co. and Showe Confections have moved their
headquarters from Filmrow to the nearby
street floor in the new warehouse at 400
Dinwiddle. Ray Showe said a number of out-
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The newsreel policy continues daily at the
Harris Newsreel downtown, except that a feature
picture is added daily after 6 p. m. and
all day on Sundays . Nixon's attraction
for the week of April 3 will be "Lend an Ear."
which was produced originally a decade ago
here at the Pittsburgh Playhouse . . . Bart
Dattola presented a WKPA broadcast and
displays of army vehicles in connection with
"Battleground" at the Dattola in New Kensington
. Battiston has booked
"Citizen Saint." life story of Mother Cabrini,
in every Warner circuit situation in the area.
The Juniata at Juniata presented a benefit
show for the Keystone school and canceled
an Ingrid Bergman film, substituting
"Tell It to the Judge" and "Blondie Hits
the Jackpot" . . Associated Drive-In Theatres,
.
the Norbert Stern organization, will
open
Filmrow headquarters at 68 'Van Braam St.,
former offices of Star Distributing Co. . . .
Butler men are breaking out in a rash of
whiskers for a facial fringe contest which
will climax the city's 150th birthday celebration
July 1.
New Advisory Board
Tn Aid Ohio Censors
COLUMBUS—Governor Lausche has appointed
a three-member advisory board to act
with Clyde Hissong, education director, and
the state censor board in regard to controversial
films. They are Mrs. Mildred Bickel,
president of the Ohio Congress of PTA; Lee
H. B. Malone, director of the Columbus Gallery
of Fine Arts, and Fred C. Slager. principal
of Central High school, all of Columbus.
Appointment of a board to act in an advisory
capacity with the state censor board is
the outcome of a recent ruling by Attorney
General Herbert S. Duffy in regard to recalling
for further censorship a picture which
has been passed.
Specifically, Chief Censor Hissong had
asked Duffy for a ruling as to whether he
could legally recall "Stromboli" because of
the publicity of the star and director. The
attorney general ruled that nothing had been
changed in its picture since its approval by
the censor board and hence there was no
legal basis for recalling it.
The duty of the new three-member board
is to reconsider pictures which have been
passed by the censor board and about which
a question of suitability is raised.
COLUMBUS
P. J. Wood, secretary of the Independent
Theatres of Ohio, reports that four more Ohio
congressmen have indicated their support of
reduction of the federal admissions tax. They
are Frederick C. Smith, eighth district;
Thomas H. Burke, ninth district: Walter
Huber. 14th district, and Michael A, Feighan.
20th district. Wood said three congressmen
have not replied to his wire. They are James
G. Polk, sixth, district; Alvin F. Weichel,
13th district, and Michael J. Kirwin. 19th
district.
Gayety, Columbus' only burlesque house,
has reopened after a week's closing with a
policy of pictures only. Jay McGee is manager
. . . Mrs. Ethel Miles. Miles neighborhood
circuit, says the Miles theatres will not
show "StromboU" at this time. "We neither
condemn nor commend the circumstances
which have brought 'StromboU' to public attention.
We simply do not wish to use sensationalism
as a means of exploiting our programs.
We feel the family audiences which
make up a majority patronage of neighborhood
theatres will prefer us to market our
pictures on their own merits."
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^apitol at Wheeling offered Eddy Duchin
and his orchestra on stage February 21
. . . More than 300 Boy Scouts and leaders
were guests of the Eastland in Fairmont for
the annual Scout anniversary theatre party
. .'. The Sage Brush Roundup from radio
station WMMN was a one-day stage feature
at the Palace in Parkersburg .
. . Print of
"Twelve O'clock High" was flown to Wheeling
for a midnight showing at the Capitol and
was received by Comdr. Bob Upton of Wheeling
Squadron No. 1 Air Force Ass'n. while
a News-Register photographer recorded the
event for the amusement page.
Model plane entries in the Fairmont Theatre
contest were displayed in store windows
and in the theatre lobby. Fairmont Times
sponsored the contest . . Bluefield Ministerial
.
Ass'n opposed display of any pictures
starring Ingrid Bergman, so George Frehling,
theatre manager, is polling flicker addicts
through newspaper and theatre lobby vote on
whether they want to see "Stromboli" . . .
Eagle Lion's "Guilty of Treason" was previewed
at the Victoria in Wheeling last Saturday
morning by members of the clergy and
nuns of all local Catholic schools.
84 BOXOFFICE March 4, 1950